Lantern dinner-pail



(No Model.)

0. J. SLAPTER.

LANTERN DINNER PAIL.

No. 270,610. Patented Jan.16.1883.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

UORODEN SLAFTER, OF GRAND JUNCTION, MICHIGAN.

,LANTEFRN DINNER-PAIL.

SPEOIFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,610, dated January 16, 1883.

Application filed June 2, 1882. (No model.)

Dinner-Pail, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a device which may be used as a dinner-pail and a lantern, and by means of which the food and drink may be kept warm. I

It consists of a pail having a-food and a lantern compartment, and acan for holding liquid detachably connected or located on top, and a lamp internally located.

In the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the food-compartment; Fig. 2, a perspective view showing the lantern-compartment opposite; Fig. 3, top perspective with liquidcan removed; Fig. 4, section on line3 3 in Fig. 2 and line 1 2 in Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 a crosssection on line 4 4. in Fig. 4:.

The pail proper is composed of a frame consisting of the two side supports, B B, oblique partitions F F, the semicircular open center tube, 0 r,and sliding door D,said frame being provided with a top and bottom inclosure. The sliding door D is located in recessed flanges i 11, extending downward and upward from the circular edge of the top and bottom of the pail, respectively. In the center of the bottom, communicating with the lower end of tube a, is a recess for lamp L, the chimney h of which is located in the open tube a. The upper endof tube r,Fig.3, communicates witha recess, t, of the liquidcan D. This recess or center opening is oblong in shape, and receives the handle a of the pail, thus keeping said can detachably in place. fis a closed orifice to can 1), in which, by removing the stopper, may be placed the liquid for drink, such as coffee, 820.

U is an inclined plate, which, together with the obliquepartitions F F, forms reflectors to the light, Fig. 2. 1

a a are shelves to the food-compartment.

They slide into recesses c c and 7 7, Figs.4 and .thus constructed and arranged the food and drink may be easily carried, kept warm, thus obviating freezing in cold Weather, and it can be used as a lantern to light thelaborer home, thus obviating the need of carrying two devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure is- 1. In a lantern dinner-pail,thetwo side supports, the oblique partitions, the central semi circular open tube, atop and bottom inclosure, the sliding door, and the detachable shelves, all combined substantially as described.

2. The lantern dinner-pail composed of the side supports, the oblique p irtitions, central open tube, top and bottom inclosures having the recessed flanges adapted to receive the sliding door, the door, the handle, and lamp, all substantially as specified and shown.

3.;The combination, with the pai-l having the handle secured to the upper end, of a can having the oblongcentral orifice receivingsaid handle, which detarhably holds said can on the pail, substantially as set forth.

o'oRoDEs .i. SLAFTER.

Witnesses JOHN H. CHASE, BELLE A. SLAFTER. 

